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Posted on August 4, 2020August 4, 2020

How to View Email Metadata in .Eml Files

Man viewing email on laptop.

There is more to a .eml email file than meets the eye. That’s because email client software wants to shield you away from the metadata contained in every email. Their goal is to give you a clean experience, showing you only the most important parts of an email, such as the message body, sent date, subject, and sender. Most people have no interest in or understanding of the data hidden deep inside every email file.

EmlViewer Pro is a Windows email viewer by Encryptomatic LLC. It provides email “power users” with useful features to delve info the email infrastructure to suss out data that can reveal important truths about an email, including whether it was tampered, where it was sent from, and the email servers it passed through on the way to its final destination.

EmlViewer Pro email viewer reveals hidden email properties.

You’ll find this uncommon capability on EmlViewer Pro’s Mail Tab, in the Properties area. Clicking on Properties brings up the window where you can begin your email deep dive.

Eml file transport header.

The Transport Header in a Eml file shows whether an email was sent, the path it took, and even may contain information about the mail sever software that handled the message.

EmlViewer PRO software for email viewing, basic email information, including size, submit time subject and sender.

The General Information tab gives you a quick over view of the most important email details, including the subject, sender, recipient, BCC, CC, delivery time, submit time, the location of the eml file, the email file format and file size.

Eml Viewer hidden properties revealed in EmlViewer Pro software.

The email Properties Tree provides access to the different Eml file properties, most of which are usually hidden from view. Clicking on the property reveals the meta data stored in that field.

For more information or a 15 day free trial of Eml Viewer Pro (also known as PstViewer Pro), download the software from this website. Full install and uninstall software support is provided during your trial

Posted on October 20, 2018March 12, 2019

Viewing Email Property Values and Transport Header in .EML Files

Screen shot of PstViewer Pro email header info.
EmlViewer Pro (also known as PstViewer Pro)is a versatile tool for managing .eml and .msg emails Microsoft Windows. With EmlViewer Pro, you view, search, print and convert email messages.

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Download .Eml Viewer by Encryptomatic LLC.

EmlViewer Pro makes email metadata accessible, including internet transport header information embedded within an email message. This information is often hard or impossible to access in a standard email client.

Email transport header data and properties data is useful for verifying the authenticity of an email message. It can show the server path that the message took on it’s way to the destination inbox.  Note that if the .eml file you are looking at was created locally, there will be no transport header; only emails that have traversed the internet will contain transport header information.

To access transport header details for a .eml file, first open the message in EmlViewer Pro, then go to Mail>Properties.

Screen shot of the location of .Eml Properties button in EmlViewer Pro email viewer software.
.Eml file properties view.

The Mail Information window appears. You can select among three different tabs. The first shows the general email information, including facts such as Subject, From, to, CC:, BCC:, delivery time, the time the message was sent (or submitted), etc.

 

Screen shot showing .eml email file sender and recipient information.
General information tab
To view the transport header information, simply click the tab in EmlViewer Pro called, Transport Header. You’ll be able to see all of the data, including the Return-path info, dates, and message-ID information.
Screen image of .eml file transport header for an email that has traversed the internet.
Eml File Transport Header Information
Every .eml file will contain properties that are not readily accessible to normal email users. In a forensic investigation, these properties can be useful and revealing. With EmlViewer Pro, the Properties Tree tab will provide full access these properties. You can navigate the entire properties tree with simple clicks, and view their values.
A .eml file's propert tree and it's content is displayed in this software screen shot.
View .eml email properties with EmlViewer Pro.
For more information about EmlViewer Pro and a 15 day free trial, go to the EmlViewer Pro home page. If you have any specific questions, feel free to post them here, or contact our support team.

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